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Also, as for Maharaj, you will find more of the message that he offered in his later talks. During his last years, he said of I AM THAT: "That book and whatever was expounded at that time was only relevant for that period. I am speaking differently today" and am "emphasizing different aspects." His final understanding, quite different from what he offered early on, is the basis of pointers offered to seekers well along the "path." Maharaj made clear at the end that the pointers in I AM THAT will take you to the midpoint of "the race"; only the pointers in his final talks point the way to "the finish line."
F.: The Realized writer Thoreau spoke of persons living "lives of quiet desperation." Nowadays, there are indeed many who retreat into the isolation of a muted, depressive funk while increasing numbers of persons are embroiled in an existence marked by their noisy desperation.
Becoming more common is a roller-coaster-type of existence with sudden highs that shift to sudden lows as persons swing between manic and depressive phases. Instability is becoming the abnormal "norm," though the sages over the ages have noted the same.
In spite of the claim that "more people are enlightened nowadays than ever" (a claim with no factual evidence to support it), an over-populated planet is assuring that there has never before been a higher number of non-Realized persons moving about its surface.
(And there is factual evidence of that, available to any that witness the current levels of separation in terms of wealth vs. poverty; in terms of the formation of more and more hierarchies that are separating persons within cultures; in terms of the present divorce and divorce-murder rates; in terms of the political and religious and ideological polarization that is dividing populations evenly with half on one side and half on the other; and in terms of the fighting and chaos happening globally).
With dualistic ideas and concepts and beliefs being taught early on to children - and with the reinforcement of duality continuing throughout adulthood - then the combination of (1) a constant barrage of dualistic programming and conditioning and (2) the innate duality that is transmitted to all persons genetically will assure that the masses will remain unenlightened and non-Realized.
Furthermore, those that attach to the aforementioned examples of planet-wide duality and division and misery and suffering will be drawn into a state of emotional-or-feeling-intoxication and will be guarantee to suffer misery and suffering as well. An existence marked by a depressive funk or by quiet desperation or by noisy desperation will also be guaranteed.
Are the Realized not concerned enough to try to "change the world?" Living spontaneously, there is no hard and fast rule about what will happen or not happen post-Realization. What happens by way of some Realized will not happen by way of others.
Yet merely changing one's self - that is, becoming free of the effects of being driven blindly by the hidden agendas of assigned or assumed personalities - can, in and of itself, be a life-long project for most. In fact, how egotistical is it for persons to assume that they know exactly what other persons need to know and do and how other persons should think and feel?
In an Advaita session via Skype yesterday, a seeker was asked why he attached a particular quote to every email he sent (a quote that actually promotes dualistic, ego-driven thinking). His reply: "It just seems like something people need to know." It is possible that by the end of the session that a different take on that belief may have been seen. Or not.
Maharaj had similar visitors in the loft who had determined what people / the world needed, in their opinion:
Questioner: "There is not enough devotion in the world."
Maharaj: "You are always after the improvement of the world. Do you really believe that the world is waiting for you to be saved?"
Questioner: "I just do not know how much I can do for the world. All I can do is to try. Is there anything else you would like me to do?"
Maharaj: "Without you, is there a world? You know all about the world, but about yourself you know nothing."
and another:
Questioner: "Since immemorial time, during innumerable births, I build and improve and beautify my world. It is neither perfect, nor unreal. It is a process."
Maharaj: "You are mistaken. The world has no existence."
and later
Maharaj: "Don't you see the contradiction? For many years you sought your peace of mind. You could not find it, for a thing essentially restless cannot be at peace."
Questioner: "There is some improvement."
Maharaj: "The peace you claim to have found is very brittle - any little thing can crack it. What you call peace is only absence of disturbance. It is hardly worth the name. The real peace cannot be disturbed. Can you claim a peace of mind that is unassailable?"
Questioner: "I am striving."
Maharaj: "Striving too is a form of restlessness."
Questioner: "So what remains?"
Maharaj: "The Self does not need to be put to rest. It is peace itself, not at peace. Only the mind is restless. All it knows is restlessness."
and later
Maharaj: "No doubt, striving for the improvement of the world is a most praiseworthy occupation. Done selflessly, it clarifies the mind and purifies the heart. But soon man will realise that he pursues a mirage. Local and temporary improvement is always possible and was achieved again and again under the influence of a great king or teacher; but it would soon come to an end, leaving humanity in a new cycle of misery. It is in the nature of all manifestation that the good and the bad follow each other and in equal measure. The true refuge is only in the unmanifested."
How can one in a state of funk or desperation provide anything to "the world" or to the persons in that "world" that they claim to be concerned about? The ill spread illness; they do not eliminate illness.
Moreover, most who claim to be depressed about "the condition of the world" are usually missing the fact that it is primarily "their world" that they are depressed about. Why, then, would anyone reject the invitation to be done with "the world" once and for all?
To tolerate the funk is to "normalize" it so that it becomes familiar; as mentioned yesterday, the familiar is more welcomed among persons than the unfamiliar, so tolerance for the funk assures that the funk will appear more and more frequently; eventually, it might never leave if Full Realization does not happen.
The message that Maharaj offered to those bent on trying to "save the world" or "improve the world" boiled down time and again to this: "First, physician, heal thyself."
That is, look first to your false selves, then to Your True Self. Only then will there be anything at all to offer to the masses that are trapped in the darkness of their learned and innate duality:
Questioner: "When I look at myself, I find I am several persons fighting among themselves for the use of the body."
Maharaj: "They correspond to the various tendencies (samskara) of the mind."
Questioner: "Can I make peace between them?"
Maharaj: "How can you? They are so contradictory! See them as they are - mere habits of thoughts and feelings, bundles of memories and urges."
Questioner: "Yet they all say 'I am'."
Maharaj: "It is only because you identify yourself with them. Once you realise that whatever appears before you cannot be YourSelf, and cannot say 'I am', You are free of all your 'persons' and their demands. The sense 'I am' is your own. You cannot part with it, but you can impart it to anything, as in saying: 'I am young,' 'I am rich,' etc. But such self-identifications are patently false and the cause of bondage."
To be free of bondage, one must be free of the combined effects of both learned duality and innate duality.
Becoming more common is a roller-coaster-type of existence with sudden highs that shift to sudden lows as persons swing between manic and depressive phases. Instability is becoming the abnormal "norm," though the sages over the ages have noted the same.
In spite of the claim that "more people are enlightened nowadays than ever" (a claim with no factual evidence to support it), an over-populated planet is assuring that there has never before been a higher number of non-Realized persons moving about its surface.
(And there is factual evidence of that, available to any that witness the current levels of separation in terms of wealth vs. poverty; in terms of the formation of more and more hierarchies that are separating persons within cultures; in terms of the present divorce and divorce-murder rates; in terms of the political and religious and ideological polarization that is dividing populations evenly with half on one side and half on the other; and in terms of the fighting and chaos happening globally).
With dualistic ideas and concepts and beliefs being taught early on to children - and with the reinforcement of duality continuing throughout adulthood - then the combination of (1) a constant barrage of dualistic programming and conditioning and (2) the innate duality that is transmitted to all persons genetically will assure that the masses will remain unenlightened and non-Realized.
Furthermore, those that attach to the aforementioned examples of planet-wide duality and division and misery and suffering will be drawn into a state of emotional-or-feeling-intoxication and will be guarantee to suffer misery and suffering as well. An existence marked by a depressive funk or by quiet desperation or by noisy desperation will also be guaranteed.
Are the Realized not concerned enough to try to "change the world?" Living spontaneously, there is no hard and fast rule about what will happen or not happen post-Realization. What happens by way of some Realized will not happen by way of others.
Yet merely changing one's self - that is, becoming free of the effects of being driven blindly by the hidden agendas of assigned or assumed personalities - can, in and of itself, be a life-long project for most. In fact, how egotistical is it for persons to assume that they know exactly what other persons need to know and do and how other persons should think and feel?
In an Advaita session via Skype yesterday, a seeker was asked why he attached a particular quote to every email he sent (a quote that actually promotes dualistic, ego-driven thinking). His reply: "It just seems like something people need to know." It is possible that by the end of the session that a different take on that belief may have been seen. Or not.
Maharaj had similar visitors in the loft who had determined what people / the world needed, in their opinion:
Questioner: "There is not enough devotion in the world."
Maharaj: "You are always after the improvement of the world. Do you really believe that the world is waiting for you to be saved?"
Questioner: "I just do not know how much I can do for the world. All I can do is to try. Is there anything else you would like me to do?"
Maharaj: "Without you, is there a world? You know all about the world, but about yourself you know nothing."
and another:
Questioner: "Since immemorial time, during innumerable births, I build and improve and beautify my world. It is neither perfect, nor unreal. It is a process."
Maharaj: "You are mistaken. The world has no existence."
and later
Maharaj: "Don't you see the contradiction? For many years you sought your peace of mind. You could not find it, for a thing essentially restless cannot be at peace."
Questioner: "There is some improvement."
Maharaj: "The peace you claim to have found is very brittle - any little thing can crack it. What you call peace is only absence of disturbance. It is hardly worth the name. The real peace cannot be disturbed. Can you claim a peace of mind that is unassailable?"
Questioner: "I am striving."
Maharaj: "Striving too is a form of restlessness."
Questioner: "So what remains?"
Maharaj: "The Self does not need to be put to rest. It is peace itself, not at peace. Only the mind is restless. All it knows is restlessness."
and later
Maharaj: "No doubt, striving for the improvement of the world is a most praiseworthy occupation. Done selflessly, it clarifies the mind and purifies the heart. But soon man will realise that he pursues a mirage. Local and temporary improvement is always possible and was achieved again and again under the influence of a great king or teacher; but it would soon come to an end, leaving humanity in a new cycle of misery. It is in the nature of all manifestation that the good and the bad follow each other and in equal measure. The true refuge is only in the unmanifested."
How can one in a state of funk or desperation provide anything to "the world" or to the persons in that "world" that they claim to be concerned about? The ill spread illness; they do not eliminate illness.
Moreover, most who claim to be depressed about "the condition of the world" are usually missing the fact that it is primarily "their world" that they are depressed about. Why, then, would anyone reject the invitation to be done with "the world" once and for all?
To tolerate the funk is to "normalize" it so that it becomes familiar; as mentioned yesterday, the familiar is more welcomed among persons than the unfamiliar, so tolerance for the funk assures that the funk will appear more and more frequently; eventually, it might never leave if Full Realization does not happen.
The message that Maharaj offered to those bent on trying to "save the world" or "improve the world" boiled down time and again to this: "First, physician, heal thyself."
That is, look first to your false selves, then to Your True Self. Only then will there be anything at all to offer to the masses that are trapped in the darkness of their learned and innate duality:
Questioner: "When I look at myself, I find I am several persons fighting among themselves for the use of the body."
Maharaj: "They correspond to the various tendencies (samskara) of the mind."
Questioner: "Can I make peace between them?"
Maharaj: "How can you? They are so contradictory! See them as they are - mere habits of thoughts and feelings, bundles of memories and urges."
Questioner: "Yet they all say 'I am'."
Maharaj: "It is only because you identify yourself with them. Once you realise that whatever appears before you cannot be YourSelf, and cannot say 'I am', You are free of all your 'persons' and their demands. The sense 'I am' is your own. You cannot part with it, but you can impart it to anything, as in saying: 'I am young,' 'I am rich,' etc. But such self-identifications are patently false and the cause of bondage."
To be free of bondage, one must be free of the combined effects of both learned duality and innate duality.
Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
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The Myth Of Death
THE "BLISSFUL ABIDANCE" BOOKS
The Ultimate Sickness, The Ultimate Medicine
I AM THAT (vs. "This Is Who I Think I Am")
Freedom From Shifting Between States of Happiness and Unhappiness
LIBERATION
Why You Must Be Empty If You Would Be Full
What BLISS Is and What BLISS Is Not
When Reality Is Overlaid Upon the Relative
There Is Nothing That Is Personal (Including You and Including God)
Overcoming the Fear of Being Totally Independent
The Essence of the Teachings
SELF-Transformation Meditation Guide, Volume One
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THE "RELATIONSHIP" SERIES
Casting Light on the Dark Side of Relationships
Finding REAL LOVE in an Unreal World
The Path to Freedom vs. The Path to Misery
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THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace If You're Out of Your Mind)
THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS PERSONAL (Including You and Including God)
SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ and HIS EVOLUTION
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
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Jesus Christ the Advaitin
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Some seekers are already using the computer file version and the DVD sets for meetings in groups in homes, playing the retreat, pausing for discussion, etc.
To find out more or to purchase the DVD set or the downloadable computer file version of the retreat, click:
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Option “A” is for the downloadable file version, Option “B” is used to order the DVD set for delivery inside the U.S., Option “C” for international orders.
For the download, Paypal will send me a notice that payment has been received and then I will send by e-mail the downloading instruction, password, etc.
[It is recommended that you watch the video with pen and paper in hand. Write whatever you need clarified. You'll see that there are constant reviews and you might find an answer later in the seven-hour presentation. Then, after you watch it all, there will be a common ground for discussion. Purchase of the DVD’s or the file will include the right to clarifications and answers to your specific questions via e-mail.]
2. BY READING these books in this exact order:
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (Recovering What Religions Lost)
[Those two prepare the seeker to question it all]
THE MEDITATION GUIDES
[Provide a broad overview of the understanding]
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?
[Begins to free the seeker of body identification and the desire for body continuity]
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace if You're Out of Your Mind)
[Shows the seeker how to be free of the subconscious motivators of the false content of the “mind”]
LIBERATION
[Shows the seeker how to be free of the subconscious motivators of personas]
THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS
[Provides the final preparation for the seeker to be directed along the “path”]
FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
[Directs the seeker along the “path”]
CONSCIOUSNESS/AWARENESS: The Nature of Reality Beyond Self-Realization (Peace Every Day When Abiding as The Absolute)
[Allows the seeker to understand the functioning of the totality, the manifestation, and what is involved with the un-manifestation]
FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS
[Provides the seeker the wisdom to understand the Noneness as well as the Oneness]
Purchase an e-Book now and begin reading it in minutes (except with e-checks that can take 7-10 days). Trusting our clients as we do, all e-Books are provided to you in printable form.
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(You may order the books one at a time or you may use the following link to acquire the entire 11-e-Book set on sale for $99 if ordered at one time with the “Buy Now” button below. For this option, there will be no download links provided; once the near-instant notice of payment is received from PayPal, your e-Books will be sent to you as e-mail attachments. All are printable for your convenience.
NOTE: When you order this package, you receive three additional ebooks free: CASTING LIGHT ON THE DARK SIDE OF RELATIONSHIPS, FINDING REAL LOVE IN AN UNREAL WORLD and THE TWICE-STOLEN NECKLACE MURDERS (offering the Advaita teachings in a fictional novel format)
You may visit The Official Website of Floyd Henderson for information on each book.
3. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes
Received 19 August 2010 from one that just completed the entire course:
I would like to extend deepest appreciation towards you for these teachings that you have offered. It has been most valuable towards what may not have been revealed throughout this manifestation labeled "anthony." Understanding Truth and finding words for gratitude are one as is all. Thank you again for pointing "me" to THAT and the understanding that came as well. Hopeful for future "contact"! Sincerely, Anthony M. W.
For information, visit Information on the Advaita Classes on the Internet
To enroll visit Enroll in the Advaita Internet Course
4. BY ATTENDING an Advaitin retreat for satsang with floyd and being guided through all seven steps. For details of the retreats offered, please visit the retreat information site.
5. BY ARRANGING satsang by telephone in the U.S. or by Skype internationally.
Presently, Skype sessions are being conducted with parties in Australia; The Netherlands; New Jersey, U.S.A.; London, England; Italy; and India.
Use the Contact link for details or for information on making arrangements for a session
6. BY ARRANGING for floyd to travel to your location and meet with you or your group. Use the contact link above to discuss details.
3. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes
Received 19 August 2010 from one that just completed the entire course:
I would like to extend deepest appreciation towards you for these teachings that you have offered. It has been most valuable towards what may not have been revealed throughout this manifestation labeled "anthony." Understanding Truth and finding words for gratitude are one as is all. Thank you again for pointing "me" to THAT and the understanding that came as well. Hopeful for future "contact"! Sincerely, Anthony M. W.
For information, visit Information on the Advaita Classes on the Internet
To enroll visit Enroll in the Advaita Internet Course
4. BY ATTENDING an Advaitin retreat for satsang with floyd and being guided through all seven steps. For details of the retreats offered, please visit the retreat information site.
5. BY ARRANGING satsang by telephone in the U.S. or by Skype internationally.
Presently, Skype sessions are being conducted with parties in Australia; The Netherlands; New Jersey, U.S.A.; London, England; Italy; and India.
Use the Contact link for details or for information on making arrangements for a session
6. BY ARRANGING for floyd to travel to your location and meet with you or your group. Use the contact link above to discuss details.
The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders offers the non-duality message by way of a mystery-adventure novel, discussing the movement from pain to healing to awakening to peace.
From Dr. R.F. Maley, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Houston: "Floyd Henderson's book, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders, is a fun read and an interesting mystery, but perhaps more importantly it serves as a vehicle for blending Eastern Philosophy and Native American Spirituality to make an intellectually challenging novel. The book's insights into both relationships and authoritarian conditioning of people in our society make it a must read, tracing the roots of narcissistic, sociopathic and psychopathic behaviors to the very core of the culture. This truly witty and politically-incorrect study of the aggressive nature of 'the American character' offers not only a diagnosis but also a treatment plan, making the book an excellent supplemental reading in courses such as psychology, anthropology, philosophy, sociology and counseling."
You may purchase your copy of the ebook version of THE TWICE-STOLEN NECKLACE MURDERS then start reading within minutes:
The Sequel to The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders:
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS
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